A Beginner's History
Unveiling the Tapestry of Time: A Journey Through Ancient Civilizations to Modern TimesBy William H. Mace
Length16h 45m
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In "A Beginner's History," William H. Mace presents an accessible yet comprehensive exploration of historical narratives, aimed at demystifying the complexities of the past for a general audience. Mace employs a clear and engaging prose style, enlivening the text with anecdotes and illustrative examples that illustrate key historical developments. The book situates itself within the larger context of historiography, addressing the ways in which history is interpreted and represented, while inviting readers to reflect on the cyclical nature of human experience. Mace's work serves as an invitation to engage with history not just as a series of dates and events, but as a living dialogue with the human condition across time and space. William H. Mace, an educator and historian, draws on his extensive knowledge and passion for history, which evidently informs his approach in this book. His dedication to education and fostering historical literacy reflects a belief in the power of historical awareness to enhance one'Äôs understanding of contemporary issues. Mace'Äôs background, steeped in both academic and practical teaching experience, underscores his commitment to making history accessible to all learners. This book is highly recommended for those seeking an entry point into historical study or for anyone wishing to revisit foundational concepts in an engaging manner. Mace'Äôs adept synthesis of ideas not only enlightens newcomers but also inspires seasoned readers to reassess their own understanding of history. "A Beginner's History" is an essential addition to the libraries of educators, students, and history enthusiasts alike.
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GenreHistory
Length16 hrs 45 mins
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Publish dateDec 23, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1THE PREFACE
84CYRUS WEST FIELD, WHO LAID THE ATLANTIC CABLE BETWEEN AMERICA AND EUROPE
2THE TABLE OF CONTENTS
85CYRUS H. McCORMICK, INVENTOR OF THE REAPER
3THE NORTHMEN DISCOVER THE NEW WORLD
86ELIAS HOWE, INVENTOR OF THE SEWING MACHINE
4LEIF ERICSON, WHO DISCOVERED VINLAND
87SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
5SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
88THE MEN WHO WON TEXAS, THE OREGON COUNTRY, AND CALIFORNIA
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6EARLY EXPLORERS IN AMERICA
89SAM HOUSTON, HERO OF SAN JACINTO
7CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS, THE FIRST GREAT MAN IN AMERICAN HISTORY
90DAVID CROCKETT, GREAT HUNTER AND HERO OF THE ALAMO
8PONCE DE LEON, WHO SOUGHT A MARVELOUS LAND AND WAS DISAPPOINTED
91JOHN C. FREMONT, THE PATHFINDER OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS
9CORTÉS, WHO FOUND THE RICH CITY OF MEXICO
92SPANISH MISSIONS IN THE SOUTHWEST
10PIZARRO, WHO FOUND THE RICHEST CITY IN THE WORLD
93SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
11CORONADO, WHO PENETRATED SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES BUT FOUND NOTHING BUT BEAUTIFUL SCENERY
94THE THREE GREATEST STATESMEN OF THE MIDDLE PERIOD
12DE SOTO, THE DISCOVERER OF THE MISSISSIPPI
95HENRY CLAY, THE FOUNDER OF THE WHIG PARTY AND THE GREAT PACIFICATOR
13MAGELLAN, WHO PROVED THAT THE WORLD IS ROUND
96DANIEL WEBSTER, THE DEFENDER OF THE CONSTITUTION
14SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
97JOHN C. CALHOUN, THE CHAMPION OF NULLIFICATION
15THE MEN WHO MADE AMERICA KNOWN TO ENGLAND AND WHO CHECKED THE PROGRESS OF SPAIN
98SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
16JOHN CABOT ALSO SEARCHES FOR A SHORTER ROUTE TO INDIA AND FINDS THE MAINLAND OF NORTH AMERICA
99ABRAHAM LINCOLN, THE LIBERATOR AND MARTYR
17SIR FRANCIS DRAKE, THE ENGLISH "DRAGON," WHO SAILED THE SPANISH MAIN AND WHO "SINGED THE KING OF SPAIN'S BEARD"
100A POOR BOY BECOMES A GREAT MAN
18SIR WALTER RALEIGH, THE FRIEND OF ELIZABETH, PLANTS A COLONY IN AMERICA TO CHECK THE POWER OF SPAIN
101SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
19SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
102TWO FAMOUS GENERALS
20THE MEN WHO PLANTED NEW FRANCE IN AMERICA, FOUNDED QUEBEC, EXPLORED THE GREAT LAKE REGION, AND PENETRATED THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
103ULYSSES S. GRANT, THE GREAT GENERAL OF THE UNION ARMIES
21SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN, THE FATHER OF NEW FRANCE
104ROBERT EDWARD LEE, THE MAN WHO LED THE CONFEDERATE ARMIES
22JOLIET AND MARQUETTE, FUR TRADER AND MISSIONARY, EXPLORE THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY FOR NEW FRANCE
105SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
23SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
106MEN WHO DETERMINED NEW POLITICAL POLICIES
24WHAT THE DUTCH ACCOMPLISHED IN THE COLONIZATION OF THE NEW WORLD
107RUTHERFORD B. HAYES
25HENRY HUDSON, WHOSE DISCOVERIES LED DUTCH TRADERS TO COLONIZE NEW NETHERLAND
108JAMES A. GARFIELD AND CHESTER A. ARTHUR
26SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
109GROVER CLEVELAND
27FAMOUS PEOPLE IN EARLY VIRGINIA
110BENJAMIN HARRISON
28JOHN SMITH THE SAVIOR OF VIRGINIA, AND POCAHONTAS ITS GOOD ANGEL
111SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
29LORD BALTIMORE, IN A PART OF VIRGINIA, FOUNDS MARYLAND AS A HOME FOR PERSECUTED CATHOLICS (1634) AND WELCOMES PROTESTANTS
112THE BEGINNING OF EXPANSION ABROAD
30INDUSTRIES, MANNERS, AND CUSTOMS OF FIRST SETTLERS OF VIRGINIA
113WILLIAM McKINLEY AND THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
31SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
114SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
32PILGRIMS AND PURITANS IN NEW ENGLAND
115THE MAN WHO WAS THE CHAMPION OF DEMOCRACY
33MILES STANDISH, THE PILGRIM SOLDIER, AND THE STORY OF "PLYMOUTH ROCK"
116THEODORE ROOSEVELT, THE TYPICAL AMERICAN
34JOHN WINTHROP, THE FOUNDER OF BOSTON; JOHN ELIOT, THE GREAT ENGLISH MISSIONARY; AND KING PHILIP, AN INDIAN CHIEF THE EQUAL OF THE WHITE MAN
117SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
35JOHN ELIOT, A SUCCESSFUL MISSIONARY TO THE INDIANS
118WESTWARD EXPANSION AND DEVELOPMENT
36KING PHILIP, INDIAN CHIEF AND HATER OF WHITE MEN
119THE WESTWARD MOVEMENT OF POPULATION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
37INDUSTRIES, MANNERS, AND CUSTOMS
120GEORGE WASHINGTON GOETHALS, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE PANAMA CANAL
38SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
121SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
39THE MEN WHO PLANTED COLONIES FOR MANY KINDS OF PEOPLE
122MEN OF RECENT TIMES WHO MADE GREAT INVENTIONS
40PETER STUYVESANT, THE GREAT DUTCH GOVERNOR
123THOMAS A. EDISON, THE GREATEST INVENTOR OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY IN THE WORLD
41MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF NEW NETHERLAND
124TWO INVENTIONS WIDELY USED IN BUSINESS
42WILLIAM PENN, THE QUAKER, WHO FOUNDED THE CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE
125AUTOMOBILE MAKING IN THE UNITED STATES
43QUAKER WAYS IN OLD PENNSYLVANIA
126WILBUR AND ORVILLE WRIGHT, THE MEN WHO GAVE HUMANITY WINGS
44JAMES OGLETHORPE, THE FOUNDER OF GEORGIA AS A HOME FOR ENGLISH DEBTORS, AS A PLACE FOR PERSECUTED PROTESTANTS, AND AS A BARRIER AGAINST THE SPANIARDS
127JOHN P. HOLLAND, WHO TAUGHT MEN HOW TO SAIL UNDER THE SEA
45INDUSTRIES, MANNERS, AND CUSTOMS OF THE SOUTHERN PLANTERS
128SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
46SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
129HEROINES OF NATIONAL PROGRESS
47ROBERT CAVELIER DE LA SALLE, WHO FOLLOWED THE FATHER OF WATERS TO ITS MOUTH, AND ESTABLISHED NEW FRANCE FROM CANADA TO THE GULF OF MEXICO
130ELIZABETH CADY STANTON AND SUSAN B. ANTHONY, TWO PIONEERS IN THE CAUSE OF WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE
48LA SALLE PUSHED FORWARD THE WORK BEGUN BY JOLIET AND MARQUETTE
131JULIA WARD HOWE, AUTHOR OF THE "BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC," AND HARRIET BEECHER STOWE WHO WROTE "UNCLE TOM'S CABIN"
49THE MEN OF NEW FRANCE
132FRANCES E. WILLARD, THE GREAT TEMPERANCE CRUSADER; CLARA BARTON, WHO FOUNDED THE RED CROSS SOCIETY IN AMERICA; AND JANE ADDAMS, THE FOUNDER OF HULL HOUSE SOCIAL SETTLEMENT IN CHICAGO
50SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
133SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
51GEORGE WASHINGTON, THE FIRST GENERAL AND FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
134RESOURCES AND INDUSTRIES OF OUR COUNTRY
52THE "FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY"
135HOW FARM AND FACTORY HELPED BUILD THE NATION
53SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
136MINES, MINING, AND MANUFACTURES
54THE MAN WHO HELPED WIN INDEPENDENCE BY WINNING THE HEARTS OF FRENCHMEN FOR AMERICA
137SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
55BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, THE WISEST AMERICAN OF HIS TIME
138AMERICA AND THE WORLD WAR
56SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
139EARLY YEARS OF THE WAR
57PATRICK HENRY AND SAMUEL ADAMS, FAMOUS MEN OF THE REVOLUTION, WHO DEFENDED AMERICA WITH TONGUE AND PEN
140AMERICA ENTERS TO WIN
58PATRICK HENRY, THE ORATOR OF THE REVOLUTION
141THE CONCLUSION OF THE WAR
59SAMUEL ADAMS, THE FIREBRAND OF THE REVOLUTION
142SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
60SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
143WHERE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND THEIR CIVILIZATION CAME FROM
61THE MEN WHO FOUGHT FOR AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE WITH GUN AND SWORD
144INTRODUCTION
62NATHAN HALE
145THE OLDEST NATIONS
63GENERALS GREENE, MORGAN, AND MARION, THE MEN WHO HELPED WIN THE SOUTH FROM THE BRITISH
146SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
64SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
147GREECE, THE LAND OF ART AND FREEDOM
65THE MEN WHO HELPED WIN INDEPENDENCE BY FIGHTING ENGLAND ON THE SEA
148HOW THE GREEKS TAUGHT MEN TO BE FREE
66JOHN PAUL JONES, A SCOTCHMAN, WHO WON THE GREAT VICTORY IN THE FRENCH SHIP, "BON HOMME RICHARD"
149SPREAD OF GREEK CIVILIZATION
67JOHN BARRY, WHO WON MORE SEA FIGHTS IN THE REVOLUTION THAN ANY OTHER CAPTAIN
150SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
68SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
151WHEN ROME RULED THE WORLD
69THE MEN WHO CROSSED THE MOUNTAINS, DEFEATED THE INDIANS AND BRITISH, AND MADE THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER THE FIRST WESTERN BOUNDARY OF THE UNITED STATES
152HANNIBAL TRIES TO CONQUER ROME
70DANIEL BOONE, THE HUNTER AND PIONEER OF KENTUCKY
153ROME CONQUERS THE WORLD BUT GROWS WICKED
71JOHN SEVIER, "NOLICHUCKY JACK"
154SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
72GEORGE ROGERS CLARK, THE HERO OF VINCENNES
155THE ROMAN REPUBLIC BECOMES THE ROMAN EMPIRE
73SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
156WHAT ROME GAVE TO THE WORLD
74DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW REPUBLIC
157THE DOWNFALL OF ROME
75ELI WHITNEY, WHO INVENTED THE COTTON GIN AND CHANGED THE HISTORY OF THE SOUTH
158THE ANGLES AND SAXONS IN GREAT BRITAIN
76THOMAS JEFFERSON, WHO WROTE THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, FOUNDED THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, AND PURCHASED THE LOUISIANA TERRITORY
159CHARLES THE GREAT, RULER OF THE FRANKS
77LEWIS AND CLARK, AMERICAN EXPLORERS IN THE OREGON COUNTRY
160THE COMING OF THE NORTHMEN
78OLIVER HAZARD PERRY, VICTOR IN THE BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE
161ALFRED THE GREAT
79ANDREW JACKSON, THE VICTOR OF NEW ORLEANS
162THE NORMAN CONQUEST
80SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
163THE STRUGGLE FOR THE GREAT CHARTER
81THE MEN WHO MADE THE NATION GREAT BY THEIR INVENTIONS AND DISCOVERIES
164SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
82ROBERT FULTON, THE INVENTOR OF THE STEAMBOAT
165A PRONOUNCING INDEX
83SAMUEL F. B. MORSE, INVENTOR OF THE TELEGRAPH
166THE INDEX
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